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@RubenKelevra: I don't see how that could happen, since /etc/btsync.conf is included in the package. Unless you deleted it yourself. ;P

@Lorde: ahh, I see. I didn't actually write that util, but I also never tested it on a clean install! My bad!!! I'll check it out later tonight & see if I can get this fixed. Thanks for letting me know!

@serialhex: Sorry, I meant 49. In build(), the btsync-makeconfig.sh script is executed. This in turn does `cat /usr/share/bittorrent-sync/btsync.conf.doc` on line 136. I haven't actually tried building on a clean system recently, so I can't be completely sure, but it shouldn't matter whether btsync.conf.doc is in the archive or not - when building the package on a clean system the file is not installed in that location.

@Lorde: I just got a chance to take a look, and on line 29 of neither of those files is there any reference to btsync.conf.doc and it should get installed with everything else. It's right there in the archive along with everything else... I'm releasing a new version today anyway, so try again. It's just a few updates & such.

@ava1ar, serialhex the error (one I made!) is on line 29 in PKGBUILD. btsync-makeconfig.sh expects the /usr/share/bittorrent-sync/btsync.conf.doc file to exist, but of course it doesn't on a clean system. I might file a pull request in a day or two if no-one beats me to it.

@serialhex Unless I'm mistaken, the `systemctl start btsync` call will run it as the "btsync" user. There is supposed to be a corresponding group, so setting `chown -R user:btsync /dir/to/sync && chmod -R g+rwx /dir/to/sync` or something like it should work too.

@ava1ar: I'm looking into it, I'll let you know when I find something out, but maybe try re-downloading everything, as it works just fine everywhere else I (and other people) have installed it. @zeltak: It still sounds like a btsync issue & not an arch packaging issue. The dir(s) you are trying to synchronize, are there a bunch of files in them? Is your HDD thrashing while it's running? If so, try starting it as you again, but with no shared dirs and see what happens. Also it is possible to run as root (systemctl start btsync) and sync stuff from your home dir, just that all the files will be owned by root (though a simple `sudo chown -R zeltak:user` will fix that).

also Re my last comment, if i start it as system user how does one choose to sync folders from my home dir? it seems i cant do that unless i start it as my own user (but then the cpu goes to 100% again) best z

So this is interesting.. after having to stop using it since it spiked the cpu to 100% constant i tried running it as system user rather then own use (IE instead of systemctl start btsync@zeltak i used systemctl start btsync) and the cpu load is 0.6% serialhex, is it still a btsync issue or an arch issue? i posted this issue on the BT-sync forum without great success so far, any ideas? best

Uploaded again, since https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bittorrent-sync/ package now has lot of garbage (wrappers, dummy configs, etc). I prefer KISS - this package doesn't have anything besides: - license - btsync binary - service files for systemd (per-system and per-user) All other required stuff generated on the fly. Post-install instruction describes how to created per-user config.